Poughkeepsie business and political leaders are hoping a new dispensary can boost business and social life downtown.
Two weeks after its soft opening, shop managers say Black Market Canna Co. is building a buzz on social media as the Dutchess County’s only legal recreational cannabis dispensary and receiving increased foot traffic.
The 10-person team wants to take advantage of their location on Main Street near the Poughkeepsie train station – the Metro-North’s Hudson Line’s final stop going north from New York City.
“We put some flyers down there with a QR code to give them GPS straight over here,” shift manager Iyana Jackson said.
“We get a lot of decent foot traffic,” Black Market marketing manager Tyshon Johnson said during News 12’s visit to the shop Wednesday.
Johnson said that over the last seven months, some staff had doubts as to whether the shop would actually open.
The policy awarded the first 400-plus licenses to applicants who were previously convicted of cannabis-related offenses.
An injunction issued in state Supreme Court in August froze the licensing process and blocked any new dispensaries from opening.
A resolution was reached, which included that all new social justice applicants would have to wait until April
